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No. 496,090. Patented Apr. 25, 1893.

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JAMES MURRAY, OF HILLSBOROUGH, OHIO.

PAPER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,090, dated April25, 1893.

Application filed August 25 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MURRAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hillsborough,in the county of Highland and State of Ohio,haveinvented a new and useful Copy or Manuscript Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in copy ormanuscript holders and has for its object to provide simple andconvenient means for supporting copy or manuscript upon a suitabletable, desk, or on a book in which the same is being transcribed, and inthe latter instance acting as a weight to hold the leaves of the book inposition, and with this object in view the invention consists of theconstruction and arrangement of the parts as will be more fullyhereinafter described and claimed.

In the'drawingsw-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved deviceshown as holding copies or manuscript in proper position. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical section of the device. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of the copy holding roller disconnected.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates a weighted base fromwhich rise standards 2 at opposite ends, having secured thereto on oneside of the same a cylinder 3 with an opening 4 extending throughout thelength of the same. Said cylinder 3 is open at opposite ends and thereinis rotatably and removably fitted a roller 5, having turn knobs orwheels 6, projecting from opposite ends thereof and beyond the ends ofthe said cylinder 3. Between the opposite ends of the roller and theturn knobs or wheels, a space 7 is formed which will be more fullyhereinafter referred to. The said roller is formed with a longitudinallyextending slot 8, and is cut away at the opposite ends adjacent to saidslot as at 9. Pivotally connected adjacent to one of the ends of theroller and extending into the aforesaid slot is a clamping bar 10, whichhas the upper edge thereof bent at a right angle or approximately so asat 11, which is adapted to fit into a cut away or grooved portion 12 inthe roller adjacent to the slot thereof. The free end of the said Serial110,444,072. (No model.)

clamping bar 10 is adapted to engage a spring tongue 13 secured in theopposite cut away portion 9 of the roller and thereby tend to hold theclamping strip in closed position. The manuscript sheets or copy to betranscribed is held in the slot of the roller by the clamping bar 10,and said roller rotated to display the lines of the manuscript or copyas found desirable. In transcribing a number of documents which may befastened together, the latter are first rolled up on the roller aroundthe same which is necessary in View of the fact that the beginning ofsaid document would be located next to the end where they are fastened.WVhen copying from the outer end of said form of papers, the said end isput in or fastened under the clamping bar and then copied as it isrolled up.

Secured to the uprights 2 is a cross bar 14 t0 the ends of which ispivotally connected or hinged a yoke 15 whose side arms fit in therecesses or spaces 7, between the turn knobs or wheels 6, in theadjacent end of the roller to hold the latter in proper position and onthe said yoke is adj ustably mounted a slide 16 which is adapted to beemployed to indicate or direct the attention of the copyist to the lineto be copied and in very fine writing or printing the said slide may beused to cover all of such matter except that desired to be copied at thetime. WVhen the manuscript is copied as it is rolled up, it is passedback under the cylinder so as to be out of the way and is graduallyrolled up and thus drawn in.

The entire device is very useful and convenient for all kinds of copyingand where the copy is to be transcribed into a book the base 1 comesvery successfully into play as a weight to hold the leaves of the bookas well as the book itself in proper position and also to convenientlylocate the copy.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In acopy or manuscript holder, the combination of a cylinder having anopening therein and a rotatable and removable roller mounted in saidcylinder and having a clamping bar pivotally connected thereto,substantially as described.

2. In a copy or manuscript holder, the cone bination of a base havingstandards rising from the outer ends thereof, a cylinder se- ICO and inconnection therewith, substantially as.

described.

3. In a copy or manuscript holder, the comblnation of a base havingvuprights at opposite ends thereof, a cylinder secured to said uprightand having open ends at the front side, a roller removably and rotatablymounted in said cylinder and having a longitudinal slot therein and endturn-buttons orwheels, a clampingbar pivotally connected" to one end ofsaid roller adapted to engage the'said slot thereof and having the upperend: bent as set forth, and .a tongue adjacent to the end of the rolleropposite to that to which the clamping bar is pivoted and adapted toengage the free end of said clamping bar, substantially as described.

4. In a copy or manuscript holder, the combination' with-a rotatableroller having turnknobs or wheels spaced apart from the ends thereof,and a yoke having a slide thereon and pivotally mounted in position andadapted to have the ends thereof engage the spaces between the turnknobs or wheels and the adjacent ends of the rollers, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses. 7

\ JAMES MURRAY.

Witnesses:

D. LEADBETTER, W. T; GREUBER.

